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Lgr Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
66
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Philanthropy$7.6MHuman Services$415kHealth$326kEducation$319kCrime & Legal$266kFood & Nutrition$242kAnimals$228kInternational$210kOther$0
02FY2024 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k58 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $320k
$20,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN RED CROSS$75,000
AMERICARES$75,000
CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION$60,000
HELPING HAND HOME$60,000
YOUTH WITH A MISSION$50,000
CASA OF TRAVIS COUNTY$40,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$40,000
OUT YOUTH AUSTIN$40,000
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE$35,000
GABRIEL'S HOUSE$30,000
FUND TEXAS CHOICE$30,000
FOS FEMINISTA$25,000
TEXAS ADVOCACY PROJECT$25,000
CARITAS OF AUSTIN$25,000
MANOS DE CRISTO INC$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $338k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $30k → 9%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $20k → 10%SAVE OUR ALLIES: $25k → 13%CHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $18k → 14%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $75k → 14%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $30k → 10%HEALING WITH HORSES RANCH: $20k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $20k → 10%HEALING WITH HORSES RANCH: $20k → 10%DRIVE A SENIOR AUSTIN TEXAS: $15k → 10%DRIVE A SENIOR AUSTIN TEXAS: $15k → 10%AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 10%MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.7M · 34 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

34 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
20

Total granted

$1.7M
$624k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+20%

Still filing today

85%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $740k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsCivil RightsInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OY
    Out Youth Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +53%
  • CO
    CAMP OF THE HILLS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +67%
  • RR
    ROUND ROCK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • DIRECT RELIEF
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +20%
  • Central Texas Food Bank Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue -28%
  • NF
    NORTHLAND FAMILY HELP CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +28%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Austin Street Center

The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…

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2
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
3
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
4
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
5
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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6
Texas Defender Service

See Schedule OTDS fights for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education. TDS stands up for the dignity and humanity of people harmed by mass…

Civil Rights
7
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
8
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc

Through faith in action, austin habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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9
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
10
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
11
Central Texas Spca

Rescue neglected, unwanted homeless dogs and cats nurture and provide shelter until they are placed with a forever family strive to reduce animal overpopulation prevent cruelty to animals teach responsible pet ownership through an outreach…

Animals
12
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Praxis Project Inc and the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyMilitary Veterans SupportAnimal Rescue and ShelterChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Lgbtq+ Community SupportEnvironmental Conservation …Health Access Advocacy and …School District FoundationsChristian Youth CampsImmigrant Worker SupportElementary Literacy TutoringYouth Mentoring ProgramsEquine Therapy ProgramsAffordable Housing Developm…Youth Sports ProgramsPolicy Research and AdvocacySenior Support ServicesDomestic Violence ServicesCommunity FoundationsChristian Missionary Organi…Food Banks and Pantries
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%2%<5yr16%8%5–10yr20%22%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr10%31%35–55yr13%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr10%84%35–55yr13%4%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/76
the rest of the field
15%
20,233/136,728

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

71 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 71 of the 91 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/71
Grantees still filing
38/71
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $7,384,100 · PhilanthropyAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC+1 more — $150,000 · PhilanthropyCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY — $82,000 · OtherYOUTH WITH A MISSION — $73,000 · OtherMANOS DE CRISTO INC — $65,000 · OtherAUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION — $75,000 · OtherTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT — $95,000 · OtherCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $75,000 · Other+52 more — $1,407,000 · Other+52 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $75,000 · Human ServicesGREEN BERET FOUNDATION — $55,000 · Human ServicesHEALING WITH HORSES RANCH — $40,000 · Human ServicesDRIVE A SENIOR AUSTIN TEXAS — $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Human ServicesSave Our Allies — $25,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY — $20,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS — $20,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTOPHER HOUSE — $18,000 · Human ServicesMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · Human Services+1 more — $10,000 · Human ServicesDIRECT RELIEF — $100,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $40,000 · InternationalREFUGEPOINT INC — $35,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION — $25,000 · InternationalPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC — $59,000 · HealthSTAR LEGACY FOUNDATION — $45,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $42,000 · HealthHOPE HOUSE INC — $30,000 · HealthTHE PRAXIS PROJECT INC — $30,000 · HealthMotorcycle Missions — $30,000 · HealthCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION — $120,000 · Crime & LegalNORTHLAND FAMILY HELP CENTER — $50,000 · Crime & LegalCLEANSLATE-LA — $45,000 · Crime & LegalBookSpring — $50,000 · EducationSAN MIGUEL-CASA INC — $40,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $25,000 · EducationAUSTIN PARTNERS IN EDUCATION — $20,000 · EducationHOCKADAY SCHOOL — $20,000 · Education+1 more — $5,000 · Education
Philanthropy$7,534,100Other$1,872,000Human Services$338,000International$275,000Health$236,000Crime & Legal$215,000Education$160,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $7,384,100 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION — $120,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT — $95,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY — $82,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANOS DE CRISTO INC — $65,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTransgender Law Center — $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOut Youth Inc — $60,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCAMP OF THE HILLS — $60,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetROUND ROCK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC — $59,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN BERET FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBookSpring — $50,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetNORTHLAND FAMILY HELP CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAVING HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND — $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTexas Advocacy Project — $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCLEANSLATE-LA — $45,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetSTAR LEGACY FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE — $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $42,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE — $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAN MIGUEL-CASA INC — $40,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES — $40,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetHEALING WITH HORSES RANCH — $40,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetFLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE — $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetREFUGEPOINT INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDRIVE A SENIOR AUSTIN TEXAS — $30,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetFUND TEXAS CHOICE — $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE PRAXIS PROJECT INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS RAMP PROJECT — $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMotorcycle Missions — $30,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetGUARDIANS OF THE CHILDREN — $30,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetTHE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave Our Allies — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Austin Community Foun…St David's FoundationThe Moody FoundationUnited Way for Greate…Better Business BureauTopfer Family Foundat…Impact Austin Foundat…Shield-Ayres Foundati…United Way WorldwideCarl C Anderson Sr an…James R Dougherty Jr …Harry E and Eda L Mon…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX45.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · The Moody Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Better Business Bureau · Topfer Family Foundation · Impact Austin Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · James R Dougherty Jr Foundation Inc · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lgr Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Lgr Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lgr Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 91 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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